Girl Faces Theft Charges

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A 13-year-old girl was charged with burglary and grand theft after she broke into a neighbor's house and took clothes and jewelry, West Palm Beach police said on Thursday.

Police said the girl broke into the home of Alma Jackson and Clarence Williams, on the 1000 block of 36th Street, through an unlocked bedroom window at about 9 a.m. Wednesday. Some clothes and a diamond ring were missing.

Jackson and Williams told police they wouldn't let their daughter play with the girl because she had failed to return a pair of jeans she had taken.

The girl said the jeans were at an aunt's house, but the aunt said the girl was not allowed to go there because she took things from the aunt.

The girl later admitted to police that she entered the house through a window.